Welcome to my trading journal


Thank you for visiting my Myfxbook page.


Everything on this account is public. you can see every trade, every drawdown, every profit, and every period of recovery in real time. Because of that, i won't be posting screenshots here. The account itself already shows the complete picture.


The purpose of this discussion is to explain what happened, why it happened, and what i learned.


I believe trading should be presented honestly. Too many traders only show profits while hiding the difficult periods. That isn't how real trading works.


This account has experienced significant drawdowns, including a maximum drawdown of over 76%. I will never hide that fact. Instead, i will explain what caused those periods, how the strategy behaved, and what changes, if any, were made afterwards.


You will never see me claiming this is a "safe" strategy or a "get rich quick" system. Every strategy has risk, and this one is no exception.


What you can expect from this journal: - Honest updates during profitable periods. - Honest updates during drawdowns. - Explanations of unusual market events.- Changes made to improve the strategy.- Lessons learned along the way.- Long term performance instead of short term hype.


My objective isn't to impress anyone with perfect results.


My objective is to document a real trading journey with complete transparency, allowing anyone to judge the strategy based on facts rather than marketing.


If you're looking for a realistic view of automated trading, welcome!.



About the 76% Drawdown (DD)


The 76% DD shown on this account occurred during an unusually strong market movement that affected multiple correlation positions. This EA uses a grid based recovery approach, meaning additional positions are opened as price moves against the initial entry, with the expectation that a future retracement will allow the entire basket to close in profit.


During this event, the floating DD reached approx. 76%. The account eventually, and the entire basket closed in profit. While that my sound like a success, i don't view it that way. It exposed a level of risk that i was no longer comfortable accepting.


After the event, i went back to the drawing board and retested the strategy using the exact same settings that were running during  the dd (maximum recovery level: 9). The historical back test, covering 2016 through 2026, produced a surprising result: under those historical conditions, the strategy failed before reaching level 9. In other words, the account would not have survived the back test, even though the live account did recover.


This taught me an important lesson: historical back testing is an invaluable tool, but it is not a guarantee of future or even identical live results. Live markets and historical simulations can behave differently dye to execution, spreads, swaps, liquidity, and countless other market variables. Back testing should be used to evaluate and improve a strategy, not as proof that its "safe".


As a result of my review, I reduced the maximum recovery levels from 9 to 7. This decision was made to reduce overall market exposure and account risk.


However, I want to be very clear: reducing the maximum recovery level does not automatically make the strategy safer. There are scenarios where an eighth recovery level could have been the on that allowed the entire basket to recover and close in profit. By stopping at seven levels, the account my realize a loss instead of eventually recovering. Trading is always a balance between limiting risk and allowing enough room for the strategy to work.


The reason i chose seven levels was based on what actually happened during the live event. The account reached its maximum drawdown at level 8. It never reached level 9 before hitting that drawdown, meaning allowing a ninth level would not have prevented the account from experiencing unacceptable risk. In my judgment, reducing exposure was the more responsible decision, even though no configuration can eliminate risk completely.


This account will remain fully transparent. I won't hide difficult periods or pretend the strategy is perfect. If future DD occur, they will be documented here along with any lessons learned or improvements made.

Let the system work, Trust the math. Small entries, Smart recovery, Steady growth.